No-deal Brexit can still be averted, Labour says

Jonathan Ashworth’s rebuttal follows claims there is no time for election to stop exit on 31 October. Downing Street would be wrong to think it is already too late for MPs to stop a no-deal Brexit, Labour has said. The shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, said on Sunday he did not accept a claim, attributed to Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s key adviser, that even if MPs were to pass a vote of no confidence in the prime minister in the autumn, the electoral timetable means t